Corrected: India extends price caps to two antibiotics
17/07/2015 14:20
(Corrects to say price caps extended to 2 drugs rather than 39
in the headline, first and second paragraph, corrects to say
more than 500 drugs listed in the price control list in second
paragraph and deletes second and fourth paragraphs)
MUMBAI, July 16 (Reuters) - India has extended price caps to
two commonly used antibiotics, in the government's latest effort
to improve affordability of medicines.
A notice posted on the National Pharmaceutical Pricing
Authority (NPPA) website late on Wednesday detailed the two
antibiotics, which extend a price control list that already
includes more than 500 medicines.
(Reporting by Zeba Siddiqui in Mumbai; Editing by Clara
Ferreira Marques)
((zeba.siddiqui@thomsonreuters.com; +91-9769624550; Reuters
Messaging: zeba.siddiqui.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
Keywords: INDIA DRUG/PRICES